Revisions to Proven Re-offending Statistics Quarterly Bulletins Revisions to Proven Re-offending Statistics Quarterly Bulletin

Proven re-offending data, by number of previous offences, 2000, 2002 to September 2010 – Proven Re-offending Statistics Quarterly Bulletins

In preparing for the October 2012 publication a labelling error has been identified in tables which accompany the Proven Re-offending Statistics Quarterly Bulletins published since October 2011.

These tables show re-offending data by previous offence bands which should have been labelled with the bands in the second column of the table below which is consistent with earlier publications. However, the incorrect bands in the first column have been presented instead.

Table: Previous offence bands

| Incorrect bands | Revised bands | |----------------------------------|--------------------------------| | Between 3 and 9 previous offences| Between 3 and 6 previous offences| | Between 10 and 24 previous offences| Between 7 and 10 previous offences| | 25 or more previous offences | 11 or more previous offences |

The affected tables are as follows:

Tables 6 (a), (b) and (c): ‘Adult’, ‘Juvenile’ and ‘Adult & Juvenile’; proven re-offending data, by number of previous offences, 2000, 2002 to September 2010.

As a result, the Ministry of Justice have today revised the ‘proven re-offending tables’ to ensure accurate labelling of results. Any enquiries about this revision and wider enquiries about these statistics should be directed to the Justice Statistics Analytical Services division of the Ministry of Justice:

John Marais\
Chief Statistician\
Ministry of Justice\
7th Floor\
102 Petty France\
London\
SW1H 9AJ\
Email: statistics.enquiries@justice.gsi.gov.uk

27 August 2012